Chapter 44: Chapter 44

38.1

Trusting no one.

I didn’t get much sleep last night because of what Wrum told me. So, my suspicion was true. That my father was in the hands of Don Guillermo and made him my hostage. They came here to Cebu for business and stopped Don Guillermo from killing my father. That’s what Wrum told me. How can I sleep if that’s what I hear from him?

My father is no longer safe. But I remember, Don Guillermo said that my father was not with him. It was as if he was telling me then, that he was in Wrum. I listened to what Wrum had to say and I believed him. So it means, I trust him?

Who among them is telling the truth? And I think, both of them are liars and can't be trusted.

I don't want to think that way. My head hurts too. It's early in the morning and I wake up but my head hurts because of my thoughts.

All I want for now is to know that my father is still alive. That’s what Wrum promised me. My father is alive and he doesn’t know where it is.

"We're going back to mansion now." that's what I heard from Wrum when he entered this room. "And don't even think about what's there. You're safe. Your father is safe." he assured me.

I got up from my seat on the side of the bed. I straightened my hair and faced him.

"I know you didn't trust me," he said to me again. "You need to do it. Don't trust my father."

"Both of you can't be trusted." I just answered him.

"Okay then, don't trust me. Don't trust my father," he told me. "I don't care if you don't believe me that I told you the truth, I know I am telling the truth."

I can't respond to him. He came out first and immediately followed him. He even told me that I would just follow him and we would eat first before we left the resort. We entered the resort's owned restaurant where the food on the table is already prepared.

We both sat and already started eating. There are things he says and asks me but I just tell him I’m not interested. After we ate we immediately got into his car. But before that, he said goodbye to the resort staff.

We're going back now to the mansion and tonight we're going back to Manila. This is what I've been waiting for. To be able to return to Manila. Don Guillermo will reveal where my father is when we return to Manila.

If Wrum is pointing out that my father was with his father, then Don Guillermo is like pointing him also that he did something to my father. I can't figure out who's telling the truth.

I rolled my gaze to Wrum. I just watched him drive. Is he telling me the truth?

"What?" he asked me seriously when he saw me I just stared at him. I blinked a few times and turned my gaze to the front.

"What are you thinking right now?" he asked me.

"Nothing. Just don't mind your slave." I just told him.

****

"Good to see you again, Silic." that was Wim's introduction to me when I entered the mansion. "Did something miracle happen to both of you?"

I stared at him. "My God. That brain of yours is full of obscenity." I told him. "It's like we're just together, something happened right away? We can't just be together?"

"I'm sorry Silic." smiling, he said to me. "I want you to be happy. The sadness in your eyes."

"Don't mind me," I told him and turned my gaze to my side, and saw Wrum standing. "I'm going to the room. Just come to me when we leave here." I said and I was ready to go up the stairs but Wrum stopped me.

"I didn't tell you to go to your room," Wrum said to me as he had serious stares. He grips my arm tightly.

"Oh. I guess I still need to take care of something outside." Wim said and turned to go out. Seems like he left on purpose to leave Wrum and me here.

I withdrew his grip on my hand. I didn't do anything wrong to him and don't want to see his face for now. His face is like telling me he is trusted than his father. Damn.

"What?" I asked him. Maybe he has something to say to me.

"What happened to you? ' he asked me back. "I mean, you are acting like that when I told you that my father is holding your father," he said signaling for me to turn my gaze back to him.

Who would be happy when he told me that? Did he want to see me laugh that I found out my father was with Don Guillermo? No. I shouldn’t have believed him at that point yet. He didn't show me any proof and shreds of evidence that Don Guillermo had my bed in his hands.

That's why I don't want to see him for now. I want to go to my room so I can think and relax. Instead of being able to relax there, I was even more unable to sleep because of that thought.

"Let's not talk about him right now Wrum." I just told him. "My brain is about to explode because of what you're telling me. Can you let me rest for a while?"

"Fine. Rest to your room," he said as he had serious stares at me. "Just don't think about your father and my father. Just think of me instead so you can relax."

Is that a joke?

So I guess, I had nothing more to say to him so I immediately turned around and started to climb the stairs. If these past few days, I can’t sleep because I want to know a lot, right now, I’ve received so much information and I don’t know who else to believe.

It was as if a battle was going on between father and son while I and my father were in the middle of them.

It’s as if my heart is saying right now that I better believe Wrum.

Damn. Not today.

I just lay down on the bed and closed my eyes. This is getting worse and worse. I just need to prepare myself for what might happen tomorrow or the next few days.